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NY, CA Governors Push For Tighter State Financial Regulation
March 16, 2020

New York and California governors are concerned about careless federal supervision of the financial sector and are advocating for increased state regulatory power, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday (March 16). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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InDebted Notches $14M To Use Machine Learning In Debt Collection
March 05, 2020

The Australian FinTech InDebted announced it has raised A$14 million ($9 million) in its Series A funding round, co-led by venture capital firms Carthona Capital and MassMutual Ventures Southeast Asia, with participation from Reinventure. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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LendingClub President: FICO’s New Model Won’t Save A Credit Scoring ‘Dinosaur’
January 24, 2020

In lending, in determining whether credit is likely to be repaid by a borrower, the devil is in the details. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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Verizon Partners With Synchrony On Credit Card Offering
January 24, 2020

Verizon is partnering with financial firm Synchrony to put out its own consumer card in the first half of this year, they said on Thursday (Jan. 23), according to published reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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FICO’s New Scoring Algorithm Promises Big Swings In Consumer Scores
January 23, 2020

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Personal Loan Growth Hints At Strategy Vs Credit Card Debt
November 26, 2019

Call it a case of six of one, half dozen of the other. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

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Amex’s Revamped Green Card Expands Rewards For Travel, Transit, Dining
October 24, 2019

American Express has announced that it has reimagined its American Express Green Card to include new benefits and features. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...

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Square Cash Offers Free In-App Stock Trading
October 24, 2019

The popular Cash app, owned by Square, now has the ability for users to buy and sell stocks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...

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Why Simple And Instant Is The Secret To Making Rebates Truly Rewarding
October 17, 2019

Rebates and cash-back offers sound great in theory — the customer purchases something they wanted anyway, and get a small incentive payment to reward them for making the buy. It is unsurprising, therefore, that they are so popular with consumers. One study found that 75.4...